31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.


In Context

28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

30 And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!

33 "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

Matthew 23:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:31Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:31Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:31So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:31Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:31Wherefore ye are witnesses to yourselves, that ye are the children of them who killed the prophets.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:31Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:31So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:31Why you be witnesses to yourselves, that you are the children of them which killed the prophets.